Originally posted by stellspalfie
what is the truth in your opinion?
I am not certain. The implication of the ad is that 25% of American children go to bed hungry. That is absurd, in my opinion, on its face. The actual statistic, if not completely fabricated, is some misapplication of actual statistics or it may not reflect the totality of some survey. For example, it could be that a survey revealed that over a 60 day period, 1 out of 4 children went to bed hungry, not every night but at some time in the study period.
I know something of being poor, and I would not allow my children to be malnourished regularly. Who are the parents that would regularly not feed their kids. Combining that with the fact that among poor children obesity is a leading problem, I seriously doubt the implications of the ad.
Another Ad Council production has Smokey the Bear, repeating the old canard "Only you can prevent wildfires". Campfires and cigarettes account for a tiny percentage of "wildfires" which are wild, and usually result from lightening strikes and are a wild and natural phenomenon.
Does fiction just sell better than the truth?